phonic

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: phon=ic

CIDE DICTIONARY

phonic, a. [Gr. sound: cf. F. phonique.].

 Of or pertaining to sound; of the nature of sound; acoustic.  Tyndall.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

phonic, adj. & n.
--adj. of sound; acoustic; of vocal sounds.
--n. (in pl.) a method of teaching reading based on sounds.

Derivative

phonically adv.

Etymology

Gk phone voice

THESAURUS

phonic

accented, acoustic, alveolar, apical, apico-alveolar, apico-dental, articulated, assimilated, audible, audile, audio, auditory, aural, auricular, back, barytone, bilabial, broad, cacuminal, central, cerebral, checked, close, consonant, consonantal, continuant, dental, dissimilated, dorsal, flat, front, glide, glossal, glottal, guttural, hard, hearing, heavy, high, hypersonic, intonated, labial, labiodental, labiovelar, lateral, lax, light, lingual, liquid, low, mid, monophthongal, muted, narrow, nasal, nasalized, occlusive, open, otic, otological, otopathic, otoscopic, oxytone, palatal, palatalized, pharyngeal, pharyngealized, phonemic, phonetic, pitch, pitched, posttonic, retroflex, rounded, semivowel, soft, sonant, sonic, stopped, stressed, strong, subsonic, supersonic, surd, syllabic, tense, thick, throaty, tonal, tonic, transonic, transsonic, twangy, ultrasonic, unaccented, unrounded, unstressed, velar, vocalic, vocoid, voiced, voiceless, vowel, vowellike, weak, wide

ROGET THESAURUS

phonic

Sound

N sound, noise, strain, accent, twang, intonation, tone, cadence, sonorousness, audibility, resonance, voice, aspirate, ideophone, rough breathing, acoustics, phonics, phonetics, phonology, phonography, diacoustics, diaphonics, phonetism, sounding, soniferous, sonorous, sonorific, resonant, audible, distinct, stertorous, phonetic, phonic, phonocamptic, a thousand trills and quivering sounds, forensis strepitus.

Hearing

N hearing, audition, auscultation, eavesdropping, audibility, acute ear, nice ear, delicate ear, quick ear, sharp ear, correct ear, musical ear, ear for music, ear, auricle, lug, acoustic organs, auditory apparatus, eardrum, tympanum, tympanic membrane, ear trumpet, speaking trumpet, hearing aid, stethoscope, earshot, hearing distance, hearing, hearing range, sound, carrying distance, telephone, phone, telephone booth, intercom, house phone, radiotelephone, radiophone, wireless, wireless telephone, mobile telephone, car radio, police radio, two-way radio, walkie-talkie, handie-talkie, citizen's band, CB, amateur radio, ham radio, short-wave radio, police band, ship-to-shore radio, airplane radio, control tower communication, (communication), electronic devices, phonograph, gramophone, megaphone, phonorganon, microphone, directional microphone, mike, hand mike, lapel microphone, phonograph needle, stylus, diamond stylus, pickup, reading head (electronic devices), hearer, auditor, listener, eavesdropper, listener-in, auditory, audience, otology, otorhinolaryngology, otologist, otorhinolaryngologist, hearing, auditory, auricular, acoustic, phonic, arrectis auribus, Int, hark, hark ye!, hear!, list, listen!, O yes!, Oyez!, listen up, listen here!, hear ye!, attention!, achtung.